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Red Lion added 41 new staffing positions ranging from product and software engineers to customer service representatives.

TempCheck PRO handheld infrared temperature measurement device offers engineers a low cost alternative to thermal imaging cameras.

Automation.com, May 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor Here are a few highlights from ABB Automation & Power World 2011. The event attracted a record number of participants, totaling more than 4,200, and featured over 400 educational workshops and hands-on training sessions, over 45 customer-presented case studies, and an exhibition of ABB and partner products.

IR400 Combustible Gas Detector from achieved FM and CSA performance verification for ethylene, meeting FM 6310, FM 6320 and CSA C22.2 requirements.

Handheld FAG Detector III vibration monitoring systems minimize the number of traction motor repairs due to bearing deterioration.

EnOcean Alliance announced that its wireless, battery-less energy harvesting sensors and associated control systems are now fully interoperable with TCP/IP.

The eCatalog covers rotary and linear potentiometers, rotary Hall effect sensors and panel control sensor lines.

Phase 1 includes modernization of the workstations, data historian, and communication networks. Follow-on phases include the modernization of distributed controllers and I/O.

Catalog covers rotary position sensors as well as single and dual axis inclinometers.

Corscadden comes to LumaSense with more than 17 years of experience in global operations and manufacturing management at companies such as CTS, Accellent and Celestica.

Advantech selected the Innovasic RapID Platform and fido1100 System-on-a-Chip (SoC) solution to provide EtherNet/IP connectivity in their ADAM-6100 Ethernet I/O modules.

Sensor Technology in the UK is developing technology to ensure safety when excited performers and heavy machinery share the same stage.

Measurement and inspection services company QS-Grimm GmbH uses Micro-Epsilon’s optoNCDT 2400 confocal sensor to measure round tubes.

ODVA launched a Machinery Initiative designed to improve the integration of machinery with the industrial manufacturing ecosystem.

CAS will be responsible for the sales and support of all ESCORT Data Logger products in North America.

The office will focus on serving the needs of Mexican and South American Industry.

Online game simulates a Plant Manager’s experience and challenges players to increase productivity, sustainability and the overall health of an industrial plant.

Meggitt hired Sean O’Brien as a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer and Martin Luplow as a Quality Engineer.

Semaphore will supply 370 remote terminal units (RTUs) over the next 3 years, along with master telemetry units (MTUs), Ethernet UHF radios, and associated equipment.

The 2011 catalog wraps Banner's sensor products together with lighting and indicators, machine vision, wireless and machine safety products.